Truck



W. HYDEN.

TRUCK. APPLICATION man Aue.19. 1919.

1,337,914. Patehtedkpr. 20,1920.

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W HYDEN.

TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.19, 191's.-

1,3373 1 4, Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

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ATTORNEY.

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WILL LATE EILEEN, 0:5 KINGSTCHL JTE3T VIRGINIA.

TRUCK.

1 33x914 Specification of Letters Patent. Pafigqgmtgfl A 1. 2t}, 1920,

Application filed August 1-5,

1 '0 all whom it may 0071001 "IL Be it known that I, it ILLIAM HYDEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at ingston. in the county ofFayette and State of il st Virginia, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Trucks, of which the ollcwing is a specification.

This invention relates to trucks for mining machines and the principalobject of the invention is to provide a truck which will the miningmachine he rotai'e'ii thereon so as to permit the cutters to workproniawil l illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specificallypointed out in the appended c 'in.

inc my invention in detail 7 as had to acc p .1. drawings wherein likecharacters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the s-teveralviews, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my truck with the miningmachine removed;

Fig. 2 is a side View of the truck with the mining machine thereon;

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the mining machine located at right anglesto the truck;

ig. is an end view of the truck and machine as shown in Fig. o;

Fig. 5 is sectional detail.

in these views 1 indicates a truck which (:01 of the side beams Q theher. v

rounded end pieces 3 an the 1. races 4-.

located between the side pieces. he

the shafts 5 upon 1 i who-21s truck is mounted which the truck is aringshaped meml er 7.

member is provided with the holes 8 w aich are spaced apart as SllOWlLand the inner circumference of said member is provided with a rack 9. Across piece 10 is arranged in the center of the truck with its top faceSerial No. 318,45 i.

flush with the top face of ionic r anc. this cross piece 1 '1 'i thering-shaped is provided with l which is adapted to receive hi be?securing he mining inaclnne, indicated enerally at 1, to the truck. ihising machine may be of any desired type and will not be described indetail. T he lower portion of the machine is provided with for meshingwith the rack.

It will thus be seen that the mining ma- Ine may be rotated upon thetruck the turning about the king bolt and dad by ringsl1aped member. Iprovide pegs l-i which engage the holes 8 in the ring-shaped member tohold the machine in adjusted position. The holes are so positioned thateach cut made by the machine will connect witl the previous cut. thecross pieces carries a pointed enc ao'ing the shaft head to 10.0. thetrue I against movement while the is being operated. The

is provided with the m. r coupling the tru to the motor. When so coupledthe motor to hold the true: a ll tit: be chained to ross Jiece Miaifver, the truck may i f a trac thought from the foregoing descrip tionthat the advantages and novel features re v apca it to be derstood may iden un that I make changes in the construction and in the combinationand arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fallwithin the scone of the appended claim.

What n isr truck of the class described comprising pieces sine and end acentrally located cross an ocenmg therein for receivh1 wheels carried b:the be shaped member centrally artruck and having a rack its innerperiphery, a cutting ied by the truck and rotatably by the king bolt, agear carried by the machine and engaging the rack and means for lockingthe cutting machine to spaced parts of the ring member so that each cutinaoe by the machine will connect with the previous cut.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

WILLIAM HYDEN.

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